Seth Simmonds had a guest post all about big ideas on Chris Brogan’s blog. I confess I didn’t read it… I’ll go back and do so, I promise. I skipped directly to this:
Yeah.
This is a lesson for writers: next time you think you’ve come up with a scene, a character, a plot point that’s totally original, totally out there, absolutely unlike anything else, ask yourself:
Is it stranger than deliberately provoking a thirty pound fish to swallow your forearm?
Take your writing and shove it down a fish’s throat. See what it looks like when you pull it back out. Repeat until there’s nothing in the real world that can top it.






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Poor fish. And while these macho men brag about their catch we watch the death of two beautiful fish. So sad…
Hi, Matt!
That’s a very different take on creativity! Let me know your thoughts once you’ve read the post that came before the crazy video.
Thanks!
Seth